disarm
解除武裝·使武器或爆炸物失效·消除敵意或疑慮
連結解除武裝與消除敵意
The police were able to disarm the man without hurting anyone.
警方成功解除男子武裝，沒有人受傷。
義項
解除武裝C1verb解除武裝
The police were able to disarm the man without hurting anyone.
警方成功解除男子武裝，沒有人受傷。
disarm a man
使武器失效C1verb使武器或爆炸物失效
The team came to disarm the device and make it safe.
團隊前來使裝置失效，讓它不再危險。
disarm a device
消除敵意C1verb消除敵意或疑慮
Her friendly smile helped disarm the critics before they started talking.
開始談話前，她友善的微笑有助消除批評者的敵意。
disarm the critics
片語
disarm a weapon武器失效 →使武器失效
disarm suspicion疑慮減少 →消除疑慮
你會不會這樣說？
小明很生氣，我向他道歉後，他變得更生氣。能說 my apology disarmed him 嗎？（是／不是）
看答案
不是
disarm 指消除敵意；他更生氣，代表敵意沒消除。
字族
disarmament 裁軍；解除武裝・disarming 令人卸下戒心的